Oral order disposing a writ petition seeking urgent conclusion of a trial pending since 1987. The court directed the trial court to complete the trial within six months.
Direction to the trial court to conclude Trial No. 14 of 2019 within six months after ensuring appearance of witnesses.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Writ Jurisdiction Case No.227 of 2020
Arising Out of PS. Case No.- Year-0 Thana- District- Patna
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MAHARANA PRATAP SINGH Son of Sri Dina Nath Singh Resident of Village- Majhaua, P.O.- Ara Town, P.S.- Ara Town, District- Bhojpur at Ara.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
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Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr.Akhileshwar Pandey, Advocate Mr. Chandan Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Divya Verma, AC to AAG 3 For the Power Corp. : Mr. Akhileshwar Singh, Advocate Mr. VijayKumar Verma, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he
would not press the overlapped pages from 17 to 18, hence the defect no. 6(i) be ignored. It is submitted that the FIR is lying in torn condition and in the nature of reliefs prayed those are immaterial.
Considering the nature of relief prayed in this writ application, with the consent of the parties, it is being disposed of with a direction to the learned trial court to conclude the trial
Patna High Court CR. WJC No.227 of 2020(2) dt.25-02-2020 2/2
being Trial No. 14 of 2019 arising out of C.I.D. (Vidyut Board) P.S. Case No. 0002 of 1987, G.R. No. 1189 of 1987 within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the trial is pending before the learned A.C.J.M.-I, Bhojpur at Ara because the informant is not putting appearance.
If it is so, the learned trial court will take all appropriate steps for appearance of the informant and other witnesses and then will proceed to conclude the trial in accordance with law.
It is kept in mind that the case is of the year 1987 and it requires to be disposed of with priority basis.
The application stands disposed of.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ court should direct the trial court to expedite a decades-old pending trial.
MAHARANA PRATAP SINGH
THE STATE OF BIHAR
RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD
As recorded by the court registry
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